alfa 4c depreciation
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Unbusy said:
blueg33 said:
I have test drives of new Spider and Coupe coming up. Alfa are pushing this car hard (to me at least). Will be interesting to see how it compares with my Evora.
I would be very interested in your thoughts between them.Not just the outright performance, but including the daily practicality of them.
blueg33 said:
I will post something after. Practicality is easy though. Evora wins, back seats, reasonable boot, narrower than a bus, cruise, Bluetooth, nav, home link etc
seriously you have all the crap on a smart phone bar back seats which are suitable for 4ft midgets lol ! the point really is ones a piece of art lol .. the other ?
bobo said:
blueg33 said:
I will post something after. Practicality is easy though. Evora wins, back seats, reasonable boot, narrower than a bus, cruise, Bluetooth, nav, home link etc
seriously you have all the crap on a smart phone bar back seats which are suitable for 4ft midgets lol ! the point really is ones a piece of art lol .. the other ?
Test drive is booked in, I have the car for 3 hours, it will be a spider. The catch is I have to wait until July
Practical , my thoughts from coupe ownership
It has a minute boot but I managed a 3000 mile trip to Italy with my wife last year touring Europe down and back so that can be done but you won't get a weeks shopping from waitrose in the boot.
It's low so speed bumps can be an issue but even the big ones taken at an angle you can creep over .
Biggest negative as it's wide is parking , the doors huge and needs to be open a fair amount if your a rounder fella like me to get in and out so squeezing it into parking spaces has to be thought about .
Fuel tank is small But mpg is immense so that should not be an issue
No spare but that's common.
That's about as negative as I can be and the pleasure if iwnership so outweighs any little practicality issues , so many people say nice things about the car, so many let you out at junctions , it's just a nice place to be and is such fun to drive
If you do get one reversing sensors are an absolute must have as rear vision is poor when parking .
It has a minute boot but I managed a 3000 mile trip to Italy with my wife last year touring Europe down and back so that can be done but you won't get a weeks shopping from waitrose in the boot.
It's low so speed bumps can be an issue but even the big ones taken at an angle you can creep over .
Biggest negative as it's wide is parking , the doors huge and needs to be open a fair amount if your a rounder fella like me to get in and out so squeezing it into parking spaces has to be thought about .
Fuel tank is small But mpg is immense so that should not be an issue
No spare but that's common.
That's about as negative as I can be and the pleasure if iwnership so outweighs any little practicality issues , so many people say nice things about the car, so many let you out at junctions , it's just a nice place to be and is such fun to drive
If you do get one reversing sensors are an absolute must have as rear vision is poor when parking .
Edited by Stuart J on Friday 20th May 13:54
It sounds very much like the Exige, parking wise.
I always have to find an end space or a parallel space to be able to open the door wide enough.
I can live with that.
I guess coming from a Lotus, 4C ownership isn't that much different, but I can see why people coming from a 'normal' car can get caught out by the perceived shortcomings.
I always have to find an end space or a parallel space to be able to open the door wide enough.
I can live with that.
I guess coming from a Lotus, 4C ownership isn't that much different, but I can see why people coming from a 'normal' car can get caught out by the perceived shortcomings.
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